Donald Trice

The Bernie and Lorraine Trice Memorial Scholarship was established in their memory by their son, Donald and his wife Lorraine, to help aspiring young people with similar backgrounds. Bernie Trice and Lorraine Yarbrough were born in rural Texas in 1905 in Alexander and 1907 in Indian Gap respectively. Lorraine was the daughter of a country doctor who made house calls by horse and buggy. Bernie was a farmer’s son. Both were motivated to achieve greater things. They both attended Tarleton. Lorraine went on to graduate from the University of Texas in Austin; Bernie graduated from Texas A&M University. They were married in Stephenville in 1932. Lorraine was a member of the Tarleton faculty in the Department of Home Economics in the 1930’s. Bernie became a civil engineer. He designed bridges in Texas and built turnpikes in Maine, Massachusetts and Florida. Lorraine’s mom lived on North Cain Street near Tarleton for 39 years. One year Tarleton students saved her furniture when her house caught fire as the house next door burned to the ground.